Jonathan Rea and the renewal with Kawasaki: ‘Here is where I want to stay’

The expected renewal of Jonathan Rea with Kawasaki at the Superbike World Championship was announced on Monday. It will continue then a successful collaboration that won three titles – the fourth seems increasingly inevitable… – that leaves the rider naturally pleased.

The british spoke of the renewal: ‘I am more than happy to continue in these next two seasons with the Kawasaki Racing Team. Since the end of last season we have already started to talk about continuing our partnership, so it’s nice to finalise everything now, so that we can concentrate on the remaining races of 2018’.

Rea – who was considering other options – said afterwards that he felt that Kawasaki was where he wanted to stay: ‘From the moment I arrived at the end of 2014 I was welcomed into the Kawasaki family and since then we have achieved success beyond our wildest dreams. Here is where I want to stay. Of course it feels natural to keep writing this incredible story together, and I want to thank everyone in the Kawasaki Racing Team for believing in me and for this opportunity’.

The rider also left the guarantee of continued commitment and stressed the added value of the team around him: ‘Together we will work harder than ever to keep the ZX-10RR at the front of WorldSBK in the future. I have the best team of people around me to ensure that we can continue fighting for the World Championship’.